Vista DVD Startup Error

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mycroft69

When I try to boot the Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit DVD on my system, I
get a message that says "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or
software change might be the cause." And it's followed by a message:

status: 0xc0000225
info: An unexpected error has occurred.

The disk is an OEM, which I'm attempting to install on a blank Seagate 80GB
SATA drive, as an additional OS to Windows XP Pro installed on another 80GB
drive. Even when I detach the Win XP HD, the Vista disk still gives the same
error. Here are my system data:

Cooler Master Centurion 5 CAC-T05 ATX mid-tower case
Kingwin AP-450 450W power supply
Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 mainboard
AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 CPU
2 Corsair Twin CM2X1024-6400 XMS DDR2-800, dual channeled (4GB)
80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 7200RPM 8MB Cache Winchester(SATA0)
200GB Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 7200RPM 8MB Cache Winchester (SATA1)
Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18X dual format double layer EIDE internal DVD+RW drive
(secondary master)
Asus DVD-E616A3 16X DVD-ROM Drive (secondary slave)
Chaintech GSV72GS GeForce 7200GS 128MB VGA/DVI PCI-E X16
Terratec DMX 6fire 2496 PCI audio card with 6fire drive bay breakout
Hanns-G HN199D 19" LCD SVGA/DVI monitor
Lite On 102-key PS2 compact keyboard
Logitech 2-button PS2/USB optical wheel mouse
K-World V-Stream 2800D USB analog video capture device
Matsushita 3.5" floppy drive
Windows XP Professional SP3
 
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mycroft69

Yes. I've enabled the SATA RAID manual function in the BIOS today and set
each channel to DISABLE so that they will all revert to IDE channels. I also
updated my BIOS to version F7e and spoke with a friend earlier who just
happens to be a tech with his own business about 60 miles away. He suggested
it might be the RAM, since I added 2 more DIMMs (2GB) within the past month.
Just before I responded to your message, I pulled the original 2 DIMMs...and
the machine refused to boot to the BIOS. I think we may have the culprit.
Gotta test.
 
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mycroft69

Okay, I've tested the RAM, found one DIMM faulty. I removed it, and its twin,
then rebooted. All seems well. I've attempted booting from the OEM install
disk again. Still, the same error. I also tried to boot it while in Windows
XP and get a Windows Setup error box that says: "Setup can not run on this
version of the Operating System. To install Windows please try booting from
the install media."
 
C

Curious

Do you have set your BIOS to boot from your DVD drive? It sounds like you
are trying to run the setup program on the drive from a working OS.
 
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mycroft69

I knew enough about that bnefore I even started. The BIOS was set to
CD/DVD-floppy-hard drive long ago.

From all of the research I've been doing since I started this thread, I'm
believing that the install disk has a corrupt boot loader. Everyhting about
my system appears fine, and the Gigabyte website says that the board is
compatible with 64-bit Vista. The Athlon Le-1600 is also a 64-bit chip.

I'm taking the disk with me when I work on another system. If I experieince
the same problem, I would think that would support my assertion.
 
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